Apple and Spice Pork Loin Roast

Categories: Pork

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 tsp. cider vinegar
• 1 tsp. prepared mustard
• 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
• 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. coarse salt
• 1/4 tsp. sugar
• 1/8 tsp. pepper
• 1 (3 to 4 lbs.) well-trimmed boneless pork loin roast

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Mix together applesauce, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard and cloves; refrigerate half of mixture and set aside the remaining amount.
3. In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, sugar, garlic powder and pepper. Rub flour mixture evenly over entire surface of pork. Place pork on rack in shallow roasting pan. Roast 40 minutes, uncovered, or until internal temperature is 135 degrees. Spoon reserved applesauce mixture over pork. Continue roasting until internal temperature reaches 145 degrees ( 8 to 12 minutes).
4. Transfer roast to serving platter; cover with foil and let stand for 5 minutes before slicing.
5. In a small pan, heat refrigerated applesauce mixture until boiling; boil 1 minute. Spoon heated applesauce mixture over pork slices.

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